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I removed the battery on the mobo and replaced it after 20 minutes to try to get it to allow me to enter the BIOS. No amount of pressing F1, F2, F anything or DEL would let me into the BIOS. Now windows won't start. The HDD is spinning and it looks like it tests the CD-ROM. The HDD light...

I originally posted this in the McAfee forum but there isn't much in the way of activity there. I would appreciate any feedback. I have inherited a Dell machine (Win XPP) and on it is McAfee Common Management Agent (icon in Sys Tray). There is noting on the start menu | all programs that...

I have a file on my C drive in the following folder The file is Has anyone any idea as to what it is? Google turns up nothing Thanks

I have inherited a Dell machine (Win XPP) and on it is McAfee Common Management Agent (icon in Sys Tray). There is noting on the start menu | all programs that refers to anything McAfee and I haven't really been able to find out anything difinitive about it online. The only thing I can find is...

I am not familiar enough with DOS so if anyone can guide me I would appreciate it. I have a customer that uses a DOS point of sale system. Is there a setting in DOS that enables or disables sleep mode on the monitor or does that have to be set in the BIOS? Thanks

I have a client with a Dell (P4, 256 meg, running XPP) that won't start unless it is unplugged from the wall and then plugged back in. If she doesn't do that she gets the Dell flash screen at startup for about 3 seconds and then the screen goes into standby mode and the computer just sits...

I have a client with 3 personal folders and an archive folder in Outlook XP. I think it is the result of a botched import operation. I want to consolidate all sub folders into one personal folder and delete the others as well as the archive folder. I have dragged all messages into one set and...

I have an older box that has onboard display as well as a PCI display card. The onboard has failed. All I get is a screen with red or blue patterned snow. When I plug the monitor into the PCI card monitor goes into power saver mode. How can I get into the BIOS to change the setting to use...

I am using Bit Defender Pro on an XPP machine. Yesterday's scan found: Everything I read about "TSUNINST.EXE" says get rid of it and the only way I can see to do it is delete the zip file from the folder. The question is, will I possibly damage a restore point? Do I want to keep a restore...

I have reinstalled XP Home from a dead HP machine (never again :( into an IBM P4. MS activated it but there is no sound now and the USB ports are not working. Updating the drivers does nothing. I havent been able to find an workable solutions via Google. Any assistance appreciated.

I am suspecting that I cannot just take the HDD out of an HP machine with a Celeron processor and drop it into an IBM with a P4 without changing something else? TIA

I have a client who found (after returning from holiday) that Outlook had 3 sets of mail folders not all of which were the same (when she left for a week there was only one set). The machine is not a shared workstation although there are two profiles on it as she is using it while another person...

A customer brought a tower to me that is in a boot loop. It cannot boot into safe mode hanging for a moment at mup.sys and then rebooting. Booting into normal startup flashes a BSOD for an instant and then reboots. XP was installed by "someone in town that did it on the side but has moved...

Is it possible through the registry to block access to Windows Explorer for a limited user on my computer?

I have a friend that has installed two D-Link security cameras in his home and now when he opens IE or Firefox he only gets “Page cannot be displayed” in spite of being online. He can send and receive e-mail just fine, he just cannot surf the net. He told me that he installed the cameras and...

I randomly have messages (usually replies to e-mails that I have received) rejected by Spam Cop. Not being a professional with respect to e-mail issues I am finging this increasingly annoying. I cannot determine why this is happening and would appreciate any insight into the matter. Thanks

W2K (fresh install) keeps wanting to install a modem that does not exist. There is no modem in the box at all. When I uninsall it in DM it just comes back on restart. There is a Video Controller (VGA Compatible) as well that has the yellow "!" which won't go away. MS says "uncheck all options"...

Is it possible for the wrong type of ram in a machine to blow a power supply. I think I am reaching but I cannot figure out why it would have blown. The machine belongs to someone I know. It is an AOpen with a 80 gig HD but that's about all I know about it at this point. TIA

I have a generic computer with 4 USB hubs (2 on front, 2 on back). The two on the back work when I plug in a jump drive and two on the front do not work. The device manager indicates that the devices are working but XPP does not see the drive on the two front hubs. Any help appreciated, thanks

Win ME and dial up connections settings. I cannot get the machine to remember the password. When I create a new connection and enter the password there is no place to choose Remember Password and the connect dialogue window that opens is minus the password that I enter and the "Remember...